Can't Open DVD-R Created by Standalone Sony GX315

Sorry for the length but I wanted to be complete.
I am running a PB G4 1.33 17" with 10.4.3, QT 7.0.4 and the MPEG2.
I recently purchased a Sony Standalone DVD Recorder GX315 to replace a Lite On 5005 that died. I record old home made videos (no encryption, no macrovision, no nothing) from a JVC VHS to the Sony using DVD-R ( I have used several different brands - Verbatin, Imation, TDK, Sony - the results are all the same, and I have recorded at several different speeds - from 60 min to 3 hours)
Also I have rcorded directly from my TV - from a non encrypted regular Comcast TV cable - same results.
I finalize the DVD. It plays OK in the Sony GX-315 and in a built in DVD Player I have on another TV.
The problem is when I insert the DVD into my Mac Power Book G4 it shows up as a generic folder icon (a folder icon, not a DVD icon or even a CD icon) with the name "SONATA_VOLUME", totally empty - no files in it.
I am not by any means a video expert, but other DVD's that I recorded using the Lite On (and comercial DVD's) always showed up with the DVD icon and, at least, a folder called VIDEO_TS which contained the appropriate VOB files.
Since there are no files present on the Sony DVD I can not use some simple Mac software such as mpegstreamclip, MacTheRipper ( know I don't need it for unencrypted DVD's but I just tried it to see if it could find the files), QuickTime with MPEG2 and VLC to import the video files and simply clip/trim them.
When I copy the Sony DVD to my hard drive, it copies aproximately 4.3 gigs so I know that something is on the DVD (well I knew that before since it plays OK on both the Sony and in my TV as I said) but even these files can not be opened by any Mac software that I have.
I googled "SONATA_VOLUME" but most of the results were in French, German or Japaneese. It seems that this is a problem (although I can not tell what) in these countries but has not reached the USA yet.
I called Sony support today but they had no answers other than to see if there is any Mac software that will allow me to mount the DVD and access the files.
My guess at this point, and it is only a guess, is that Sony puts some type of "cover" on the files that prevent them from being recognized by computer software.
As i've mentioned before - it plays OK on the Sony and on another TV/DVD combo - it just won't be recognized by my Mac, neither in the internal CD/DVD nor in a Pioneer 110D firewire external that I have.
Most recently I tried the following:
sudo ls -lah /Volumes/SONATAVOLUME/VIDEOTS
and got
Password:
total 2931104
dr-xr-xr-x 9 unknown unknown 404B Feb 20 17:26 .
d--x--x--x 3 unknown unknown 88B Feb 20 17:26 ..
-r-xr-xr-x 1 unknown unknown 12K Feb 20 17:26 VIDEO_TS.BUP
-r-xr-xr-x 1 unknown unknown 12K Feb 20 17:26 VIDEO_TS.IFO
-r-xr-xr-x 1 unknown unknown 96K Feb 20 17:26 VIDEO_TS.VOB
-r-xr-xr-x 1 unknown unknown 40K Feb 20 17:26 VTS010.BUP
-r-xr-xr-x 1 unknown unknown 40K Feb 20 17:26 VTS010.IFO
-r-xr-xr-x 1 unknown unknown 1G Feb 20 17:26 VTS011.VOB
-r-xr-xr-x 1 unknown unknown 407M Feb 20 17:26 VTS012.VOB
[Process completed]
So as I stated there are files on the DVD, they just don't show up in the Finder. The DVD Icon is a generic folder and when I open it, it is empty.
Two other facts. The DVD plays ok, and all of the video files show up on an old Dell Latitude I have.
And, the files show up in Virtual PC running on my PowerBook G4. The DVD still has the same name but all of the video files show up.
When I simply copy the files from the DVD as recognized by VPC to a hard drive on my PB G4 I can then edit them with MPEG Streamclip.
And one other fact. When I run Can Opener (an old System 9 program that could recognize almost anything) it recognizes the files on the DVD.
I'm baffled. How can a five year old Dell, VPC and an almost ten year old OS 9 program recognize the files but 10.4.3 can't?
I really wonder what "SONATA_VOLUME" is.
Any suggestions will be appreciated.
Thank you.

Thanks to everyone who tried to help.
The short answer is to use the following terminal command
sudo open /Volumes/SONATAVOLUME/VIDEOTS
to open and have access to all of the files on the DVD.
A detailed explanation is at
http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/2/199149.html
Thank you. Thank you very much.
PB G4 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

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